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“Alibaba shares fall 6% after the Chinese tech giant posts 86% drop in profit”

“…Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders came in at 3.3 billion yuan, down 86% year on year. Shares of Alibaba closed down 6% in the U.S. after falling as much as 8.1% in the first hour of trading…” https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/14/alibaba-baba-earnings-q4-2024.html The… Continue Reading…

Business

“Stripe rival Adyen’s shares soar 22% as European payments giant posts profit beat, slows hiring”

“Shares of European online payments giant Adyen jumped on Thursday, after the company reported strong sales growth and better-than-expected profit for 2023. Adyen, which competes with Stripe, PayPal, and Block, told shareholders in its 2023 annual letter that it had slowed the… Continue Reading…

Business, Economy

“Critical chip firm ASML posts 30% surge in full-year revenue but signals slowdown in 2024”

“…ASML reported 27.6 billion euros in revenue for 2023, higher than the 21.2 billion euros of the year before. That was a 30% year-on-year rise. Shares of ASML provisionally ended up 9.7%… The Dutch government, following U.S. pressure, introduced curbs in… Continue Reading…

Cryptocurrencies

“After false SEC post on ETF, bulls still see bitcoin at all-time highs this year”

“…a post from the account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) on the X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday claimed that the long-awaited bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) had been approved. It turned out it hadn’t. Instead, the SEC… Continue Reading…

Business

“China’s largest chipmaker SMIC posts a 80% drop in third-quarter profit”

“China’s largest chipmaker SMIC on Thursday posted a 80% drop in third-quarter profit as global demand weakness hit foundries hard. Net income for the quarter ended September plunged 80% compared to a year ago — larger than the 64% drop posted in second quarter… Continue Reading…

Business

“Honda posts 78% rise in Q1 profit on U.S. sales jump”

“Japan’s Honda Motor reported a 78% rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, boosted by increased sales, especially in the North American market, and a weaker yen… Like other automakers, Honda said it benefited from strong sales to retail customers in… Continue Reading…

Business

“China Evergrande Posts $81 Billion in Losses Over Two Years”

“China Evergrande Group posted combined losses of more than $81 billion over two years as the world’s most-indebted developer releases its long-delayed results in a bid to resume stock trading… The company reported a loss attributable to shareholders of 105.9… Continue Reading…

Energy

“Saudi oil giant Aramco posts record $161 billion profit for 2022”

“Saudi Arabia’s state-controlled oil giant Aramco on Sunday reported a record net income of $161.1 billion for 2022 — the largest annual profit ever achieved by an oil and gas company. Aramco said net income increased 46.5 percent over the… Continue Reading…

Business, Economy

“China’s $89 billion e-commerce giant JD.com posts slowest quarterly growth on record”

“JD.com beat top and bottom line expectations in the second quarter, but posted its slowest year-on-year revenue growth on record, becoming the latest victim of a Covid-induced economic slowdown [Lockdowns] in China… Here’s how JD.com did in the second quarter, versus… Continue Reading…

Economy

“U.S. posts weakest growth of pandemic recovery”

“U.S. economic growth slowed more than expected in the third quarter to the softest pace of the pandemic recovery period as snarled supply chains and a surge in COVID-19 cases throttled spending and investment. Gross domestic product expanded at a… Continue Reading…